* In !995, the first
Warrior-Raider Trophy was awarded to the winning team of the Thanksgiving
game.It was created by both the
Wakefield Warrior Club and The Friends of Melrose Football.

* The first Thanksgiving game against Melrose was 1960 although in 1912 the Wakefield Independents
did play Melrose twice.The
opening game that year was held on the park, (the earlier term used for the
common,) and the Independents won 12-6.

On Thanksgiving Day, the game was held at Pine Banks
in Melrose, in which the Wakefield Independents were defeated
29-0.

However, there is also a Melrose Journal report of a
game played on October 16, 1885 which Melrose won 146-0.

*
From 1945-1959 Wakefield played Gloucester on Thanksgiving

*Wakefield’s first Thanksgiving game was in the 1933-1934
season-Wakefield 13 Cambridge Latin 0.

*Total
appreciation and thanks goes to the Wakefield Daily Item for verification when
possible and all information and statistics beyond the 1985 season.